Originally Posted by
IDIOTPILOT
Read the actual final rule.
"Because the proposed ATP CTP is part of the basic certification requirements for an ATP certificate, air carriers who elect to offer this training would be required to provide the course to their pilots prior to beginning initial training."
Regionals can do the course but it cannot specifically count as new hire training. Question is when you're seniority date is and such.
This is 100% correct, but the regionals are still going to have to do it, and very soon, as the pool of candidates who already have the written will dry up over the next year or so.
New-hires who need the written will get an extra week of training before indoc, at the company's expense. But you probably won't get paid for it...